- Terence Morris
Infobox Euroleague Player
name = Terence Morris
nickname =
caption =
height_ft = 6
height_in = 9.5
weight_lbs = 225
nationality = American
position = Power forward
birth_date = birth date and age|1979|1|11|
birth_place = Frederick,Maryland
league = Russian LeagueEuroleague
team = CSKA Moscow
highschool = Governor Thomas Johnson
college = Maryland
draft = 2nd round, 33th overall
draft_team =Atlanta Hawks
draft_year = 2001
career_start = 2001
former_teams =Houston Rockets (2001-2003)Columbus Riverdragons (2003-2004)Apollon Patras BC (2004-2005)Orlando Magic (2005-2006)
Hapoel Jerusalem (2006-2007)
Maccabi Tel Aviv (2007-08)
awards =Terence Darea Morris (born
January 11 1979 , in Frederick,Maryland ,USA ) is an American professionalbasketball player currently playing for CSKA Moscow in the Russian League and theEuroleague , with whom he signed in June, 2008. [ [http://www.euroleague.net/news/i/33301/180 CSKA signs Terence Morris, Sasha Kaun] ]High school career
Terence Morris played his high school basketball for
Governor Thomas Johnson High School inFrederick, Maryland , leading the TJ Patriots to the Maryland Class 3A state title as a senior in 1997. He played under former TJ Patriots coach Tom Dickman, who until recently was the record holder for wins by a public school coach in Maryland with 592 wins in 29 seasons.College career
A 6'9½" (2.07 m) [ [http://www.euroleague.net/competition/players/showplayer?gamecode=213&pcode=LTS Euroleague.net player profile 2.07 m (6'9½")] ] , forward from the
University of Maryland, College Park , Morris was hailed as one of the best prospects in all of college basketball after his sophomore season in 1998-99. But while the consensus of opinion was that he would have been a Top-5 pick in theNBA Draft had he left school after that year, Morris instead opted to return to Maryland for his junior and senior seasons, and his draft stock dropped after two less successful campaigns.Professional career
NBA
Morris was eventually selected by the
Atlanta Hawks with the 34th pick of the2001 NBA Draft , and his draft rights were immediately traded to theHouston Rockets , with whom he played two seasons (2001-2003). He then spent the 2003-04 season in the NBDL with theColumbus Riverdragons (now known as theAustin Toros ), and signed with theLos Angeles Clippers in September, 2004, but was waived before the season started. He signed with theOrlando Magic in September, 2005. He earned a roster spot for the remainder of the season, but was again waived in February, 2006.Europe
After being waived by the
Los Angeles Clippers in 2004, he decided to move to Europe and signed withApollon Patras BC of the Greek League.Morris began the 2006-07 season unaffiliated to a team, but in December of 2006, he signed with Hapoel Jerusalem until the end of the season. With Hapoel he won an Israeli State Cup championship. On
June 13 ,2007 , he signed with theEuroleague club Maccabi Tel Aviv. [ [http://www.euroleague.net/news/i/13621/180/item Maccabi inks big man Morris] ]On May 3, 2008, Morris won a place in the 2007-08 All-
Euroleague First team, alongside 4 other European stars.Notes
External links
* [http://www.euroleague.net/competition/players/showplayer?gamecode=213&pcode=LTS Euroleague.net Profile]
* [http://www.nba.com/playerfile/terence_morris/index.html NBA.com player profile]
* [http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/m/morrite01.html NBA stats] @ basketball-reference.com
* [http://www.draftexpress.com/profile/Terence-Morris-3665/ Draftexpress.com player profile]
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